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Christmas may only come once a year, but at CHRISTMAS DAYS we have gathered gift and decorative items to help you celebrate and remember the joys of gift giving and receiving, of warmth and togetherness, of fellowship and family.

"Pysanka": icon of the universe   

The pysanka, a decorated egg which, since pagan times, symbolized nature's rebirth in the spring, was common among all Slavic peoples. The word pysanka is derived from the Ukrainian verb pysaty, 'to write'. The basis of this art involves 'writing' designs on the egg. An age-old art, practised since pre-Christian times, pysanka decoration is deeply symbolic in meaning. As a ritual object celebrating the cult of the sun, various forms of the pysanka were also prevalent among the eastern Mediterranean nations 5,000 to 3,000 years before Christ. With the coming of Christianity, the pysanka became a part of the Easter traditions of various nations, including Ukraine. Here it underwent the greatest growth and richest ornamentation.

All items are hand-crafted of natural hen's eggs by old technology have Magic POWER!

Christmas motifs

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Hutsulski motifs ...

Halychyna and East Ukrainian motifs ...

Trypilski motifs

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Geometric motifs

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#m509, $30 U.S.	#m513, $30 U.S.	#m518, $30 U.S.	#m5... $...U.S.

Nature motifs ...

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